evacuation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
2. (countable, uncountable) Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
4. (countable, uncountable) Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; urination; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
5. (countable, uncountable) That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool, urine or other natural means.
6. (countable, uncountable) Abolition; nullification.

Synonyms

emptying

voidance

discharge

excretion

withdrawal

excrement

dispersal

defecation

purgation

removal

excreting

deployment

elimination

feces

evacuate

voiding

taking refuge

leaving

move

number two

passage

repeal

retreat

revocation

stools

surrender

underpressure

urine

void

finding shelter

movement of the bowels

migration

exenteration

voiding excrement

pumpdown

pumping-out

convenience

blowing-down

deflation

departure

depletion

drain

drainage

draining

dumping

ejection

emission

escape

excreta

excrete

Translations

évacuation

evacuación

evacuazione

Evakuierung

evacuação

evacuatie

εκκένωση

evacuació

evacuamento

sgombero

sfollamento

Entleerung

άδιειασμα

excrétion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: evacuacioun

In summary

From Middle English evacuacioun, from Old French evacuation, from Late Latin ēvacuātiō. Equivalent to evacuate + -ion.